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for exploration

Kate

Meet Kate

As someone who is literally a tree-hugger, I find solace in nature & have a passion for sharing how walking & photography can enrich your life. Whether you are looking for a way through grief, want to be mindful about your relationship with nature, or simply want to walk more, you are welcome here.

with love Kate

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Kate - Tree hugger 🌲 Nature Lover | Using walking and photography to transform my life. Join me this fall - take the #AutumnWalksChallenge 👇

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Sometimes when I walk, when I happen across the right place, I practice something I call heart opening. It is a simple practice, you lay flat, chest to the sky, arms outstretched and allow the sun and the sky to fill your heart. It is a release and an opening. What always strikes me when I do this is the realization that I am so rarely #vulnerable, we are all so rarely vulnerable. And there are times when it is safe for us to be so. There are times when we can let in more of the world by opening to it and we can seek those spaces when we need them.

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Where the #squirrels play

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Inside a #pavillion looking out

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My pre-holiday pilgrimages are always nice but 60 degree weather with a breeze on Christmas???

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There’s still #snow somewhere.

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#elk

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#space

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#tree

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Sad morning 😢 we had to help a park ranger determine if an elk had fallen through the ice using our camera. We could tell it had and it had died struggling to get out. It is the darkest day of the year, the winter solstice. My heart feels buried in those icy waters.

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Is it crazy that I judge the state of my mental health by how happy I get taking pictures? I worry when a day or two goes by where I can’t ‘see’ any images around me or when I take pictures but don’t feel anything. And then an image comes that makes me feel again and it is such a relief. It makes me wonder about what it is we photographers are really doing when we take a picture. Somehow we are stirring our soul, I think, as we record our exploration of this miracle of a world. I love looking at all your photos, your soul speaking like #magic through the riddle of tones and moments and light and time. #photography #photographers #takemorepictures #soul #stirred #photo #photolovers #photographersofinstagram #photographylovers #photographyart #photography📷 #photographylife

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Before the snow I met a #chipmunk

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#winter

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In the hopes that I can entice any of my local St. Louis animal lovers into adopting a rabbit this holiday season, I took a picture of every rabbit that I gave water to at the missouri house rabbit society last night. I could tell you something wonderful about each and every one of them - they are pure hearts that love to be loved and need homes so badly. Amongst this crew are so many uniques souls - a bunny that literally flops into your arms when you start to pet it, a bunny that gets mad and grunts when you touch its toys, a room of bunnies from a hoarding situation that have learned to trust again and all jump up when you walk in the room, waiting their turn to be petted... Even if you are just curious about what it’s like to own a rabbit, the house rabbit society has wonderful educational classes for that. And I would be happy to share anything I have learned over the last year of working with them. #bunnies #adoptable #adobt #rabbit #rabbitsofinstagtam #rabbits #stl #stlouis #petadoption

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When I came home the other night, a coyote came running down the street, sat down on the sidewalk and stared at me. It was remarkably similar to those moments where I am walking through the woods and stumble across a deer and stop so as not to scare it off, only the watcher was the coyote and the watched was me. Eventually it got up and continued on leaving me alone under the moonlight amongst the wonder. Days later here I am thinking about the coyote. Are there deer out there still thinking about me? #naturelovers #nature #wildlife #missouri #coyote #deer

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My quest to become invisible to them continues...

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I lost my phone near a pond on this trail where I sat while one by one all the #turtles swam up for a look. Luckily they were good stewards and kept a watchful eye over it while I wandered through the woods, forgetful.

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